I wish I could -rep you for that. The mods and admin are the most responsible forum members, and thus the least likely to mis-use the rep system. They can be trusted to give -rep to posts that deserve it.
Mods will not abuse the system. I'm not complaining about that. This is what I find really odd with this system:
-Mods have moderator rights so they can moderate and keep the forum free from spam and such.
-Mods can infract people that breakes the rules.
..right?
the mods job is to do so, infract people that breakes the rules. That's why they are given their mod rights. To infract and keep the forum clean. That's the job of beeing a moderator. If I disagree to a post, I can't -rep people. Mods can,
because they have the right to disagree with people that way, but I do not. Because they can infract people.
Beeing a mod is not a "seal of trust". It's like a mini-job.